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It’s not shady to not want your home address published to every visitor to your website.
by ggg9990 8y ago
It’s not shady to not want your home address published to every visitor to your website.
- wizardofmysore 8y agoExactly. I am in India and I frequently get SMS and calls about web hosting services, they use the name and number I provide while registering the domain. It is definitely not shady if I want my info hidden from these spammers.
- kuschku 8y agoAll birds lay eggs, but not all animals that lay eggs are birds. All shady sites use WHOIS privacy, but not everyone who uses WHOIS privacy is shady.
- jstarfish 8y agoActually i have found just as many shady sites use fictitious whois data as those whose registrars provide whois privacy. It is of little use either way.
- CM30 8y agoEspecially considering how much people's addresses are being abused now. Not just spam or scammers, but also harassment, internet/social media campaigns after controversies, swatting, etc. Having WHOIS data public makes all of those things incredibly easy for the scumbags out there.